Big spender Sven-Goran Eriksson quick to cash in

FORMER England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has spent some £10million in a bid to ensure Leicester get promoted to the Premier League.

Sven-Goran Eriksson has spent some £10million in a bid to ensure Leicester get promoted []

The one thing money will not buy the Swede is work ethic and team spirit, but if this win over near neighbours Coventry is anything to go by the Foxes already have both in abundance.

Coventry, who have been quiet in the transfer market during the summer – bringing in goalkeepers Joe Murphy and Chris Dunn – hoped to catch their free-spending rivals cold on the opening weekend of the season.

Their chances of upsetting Leicester looked much improved when Darius Vassell was sent off for a lunge into Richard Keogh in the 11th minute.

But Coventry’s advantage was wiped out when Carl Baker was given an early bath for a tackle on Richie Wellens, who quickly recovered and had a hand in the winning goal – crossing for full-back Lee Peltier to head home on his debut.

Coventry skipper Sammy Clingan said: “Big-spending Leicester may be the Manchester City of the Championship, but there was not much between us.”

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